Patents by Inventor M. Ward
M. Ward has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240130877Abstract: A method of deploying a multibranch stent graft at a target site having a main lumen and a first branch lumen is provided. The method includes advancing a catheter including a main body having a first portion and a second portion, the main body defining a first portal being pre-cannulated with a first guide member, partially deploying the first portion of the main body, advancing a first sheath along the first guide member through the first portal, advancing a first articulatable wire through the first sheath, positioning the first articulatable wire into a first branch lumen of the target site, partially deploying the second portion of the main body, fully deploying the first portion and the second portion of the main body, advancing a first side branch body along the first articulatable wire into the first branch lumen, and deploying the first side branch body in the first branch lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Merrill J. Birdno, Jerald M. Crawley, Kehinde A. Majolagbe, Adam H. Power, Brandon C. Short, Derek M. Ward, Patrick S. Young
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Patent number: 11966413Abstract: In one embodiment, a first deep fusion reasoning engine (DFRE) agent in a network receives first sensor data from a first set of one or more sensors in the network. The first DFRE agent translates the first sensor data into symbolic data. The first DFRE agent applies, using a symbolic knowledge base maintained by the first DFRE agent, symbolic reasoning to the symbolic data to make an inference regarding the first sensor data. The first DFRE agent updates, based on the inference regarding the first sensor data, the knowledge base. The first DFRE agent propagates the inference to one or more other DFRE agents in the network.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hugo Latapie, Enzo Fenoglio, Carlos M. Pignataro, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, David Delano Ward
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Publication number: 20240122732Abstract: A multibranch implantable device including a main body including a tubular element having wall defining a main lumen, the tubular element having a first end defining a first opening into the main lumen and a second end defining a second opening in the main lumen, the tubular element including at least one side branch portal defining an aperture through the wall between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end of the tubular element and at least one secondary body defining a secondary lumen, the at least one secondary body operable to be deployed with a portion of the secondary body positioned in the at least one side branch portal of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Merrill J. Birdno, Jerald M. Crawley, Kehinde A. Majolagbe, Brandon C. Short, Derek M. Ward, Patrick S. Young
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Patent number: 11952827Abstract: A system includes a portable locker configured to contain contents and a remote server. The portable locker is configured to prevent access to the contents until the portable locker arrives at a preset destination from a starting location and notify a remote server in response to a determination that the portable locker is not within a threshold range of a user device during transit to the predefined destination.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Lisa R. Magana, Andrew L. Martinez, Uma Meyyappan, Dennis E. Montenegro, Marla M. Pacis, Timothy R. Ward, Chris Kalaboukis
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Patent number: 11950390Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly for use in a power distribution assembly includes an electrical conductor and a casing covering at least a portion of the electrical conductor. A spring member is mounted to the casing and configured to apply a compressive force to the electrical conductor.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Joel Anthony Furco, Andrew Francis Scarlata, Joseph M. Manahan, Patrick S. Ward
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Patent number: 11947679Abstract: A method for managing vulnerability data may include: (1) ingesting, by a data ingestion engine, vulnerability data from a plurality of sources; (2) normalizing, by a data normalizer module, the vulnerability data into a plurality of data records; (3) generating, by a data processing module, a dynamic risk score for each data record; (4) storing, by a risk record register, a risk record for each data record, wherein the risk record may include the dynamic risk score, a priority level, an identifier for a software application, and a software dependency; (5) selecting, by a control policy selection engine, a control policy based on one of the dynamic risk scores; (6) implementing, by the risk record register, the selected control policy; (7) monitoring, by the risk record register, implementation of the control policy; and (8) updating, by the risk record register, the control policy selection engine based on the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Samiksha Patel, Jessica Colvin, Patrick M. Ward, Marty Grant, Jr., David Everett, Jean-Francois Legault
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Publication number: 20240104531Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for generating a tokenized cash code include a provider computing system associated with a provider including a network interface structured to facilitate data communication via a network and a processing circuit comprising a processor and memory. The processing circuit is structured to receive a signal from an external device indicating a monetary amount. The memory comprises a tokenize cash code circuit structured to generate a tokenized cash code associated with the monetary amount and structured for a redemption of the monetary amount at an ATM. The processing circuit is structured to transmit the tokenized cash code to a user of the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Dennis E. Montenegro, Alicia Y. Moore, Timothy R. Ward
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Publication number: 20240097384Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly for use in a power distribution assembly includes an electrical conductor. A casing covers at least a portion of the electrical conductor. The casing insulates the at least a portion of the electrical conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Joel Anthony Furco, Joseph M. Manahan, Patrick S. Ward
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Patent number: 11935090Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing cash back to a customer from a linked ATM after a purchase transaction are described herein. A customer initiates the transactions using a payment check. A cash back amount is determined and an authentication passcode is created. Cash back information is then transmitted to the linked ATM. The cash back information includes the cash back amount and the authentication passcode. The authentication passcode is then provided to the customer. A cash back transaction is then authenticated using the authentication passcode, and the customer is provided with the cash back amount from the linked ATM.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Dennis E. Montenegro, Alicia Y. Moore, Timothy R. Ward
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Publication number: 20240071917Abstract: Advanced lithography techniques including sub-10 nm pitch patterning and structures resulting therefrom are described. Self-assembled devices and their methods of fabrication are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Richard E. SCHENKER, Robert L. BRISTOL, Kevin L. LIN, Florian GSTREIN, James M. BLACKWELL, Marie KRYSAK, Manish CHANDHOK, Paul A. NYHUS, Charles H. WALLACE, Curtis W. WARD, Swaminathan SIVAKUMAR, Elliot N. TAN
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Patent number: 11912709Abstract: A temozolomide compound according to formula (I) is described, wherein R1, L1, and X are defined herein. The temozolomide compound can be used to prepare polymers comprising temozolomide. Additionally, the polymers comprising temozolomide can be particularly useful in the treatment of certain diseases.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSInventors: Todd Emrick, Matthew Skinner, Sarah M. Ward, Banishree Saha
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Patent number: 11844429Abstract: A cabinet storage system for a cabinet includes a base and a pair of slides. Each of the slides includes a face frame lip standoff extending from a front edge of a respective slide to align the cabinet storage system in a bottom of the cabinet. A bracket may be coupled with each respective slide, the bracket includes a face frame bracket positioned to extend beyond the front edge of the respective slide and the face frame lip. The face frame bracket is available to couple a cabinet front to the cabinet storage system. A slidable portion of each of the slides may include front ears and rear ears. The front ears include apertures to receive a first fastener coupled with the base, and the rear ears including an alignment notch to guide the base into alignment with a respective slide using a second fastener coupled with the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLCInventors: Leeman Elliot Stevens, Paul Franklin Chambers, Kevin M. Ward, David P. Noe, Steve M. Jones, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230334868Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying a current phase of a surgical procedure. Sensor data representing a time period is received and a plurality of numerical features representing the time period are generated from the sensor data. A statistical parameter representing a plurality of stored values from a memory is generated at a sufficient statistics model. An output, representing a surgical phase associated with the time period is provided at a recurrent neural network from a set of inputs that includes the plurality of numerical features and the statistical parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Daniel A. Hashimoto, Yutong Ban, Thomas M. Ward, Ozanan Meireles, Daniela Rus, Guy Rosman
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Publication number: 20230298568Abstract: A method of authorizing content for use, e.g., in association with a conversational bot. The method begins by configuring a conversational bot using a machine learning model trained to classify utterances into topics. Utterances that are not recognized by the machine learning model (e.g., according to some configurable threshold) are then identified. Using a clustering algorithm, one or more of the identified utterances are then processed into a grouping. Information identifying a topic associated with the grouping is then received and, in response, the machine learning model is updated to include the topic.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Maria C. Moya, Natalie Duerr, Jeffrey D. Orkin, Jane S. Taschman, Carolina M. Caprile, Christopher M. Ward
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Publication number: 20230286675Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for high fidelity long-duration autonomous spacecraft navigation relative to a planet's surface and measuring the dynamics of the planet. For a planet like Earth, embodiments of the present disclosure can be used to estimate the unpredictable components of Earth's orientation with respect to the inertial frame. Embodiments of the present disclosure further enable autonomous landmark navigation by providing systems and methods for satellites to autonomously recognize landmarks, using, for example, multiple computer vision approaches to recognize multiple types of landmarks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Evan M. Ward, Bryan C. Brown, David F. Chicka, Nathaniel K. Ng
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Patent number: 11741955Abstract: A method to select a response in a multi-turn conversation between a user and a conversational bot. The conversation is composed of a set of events, wherein an event is a linear sequence of observations that are user speech or physical actions. Queries are processed against a set of conversations that are organized as a set of inter-related data tables, with events and observations stored in distinct tables. As the multi-turn conversation proceeds, a data model comprising an observation history, together with a hierarchy of events determined to represent the conversation up to at least one turn, is persisted. When a new input (speech or physical action) is received, it is classified using a statistical model to generate a result. The result is then mapped to an observation in the data model. Using the mapped observation, a look-up is performed into the data tables to retrieve a possible response.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Drift.com, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Orkin, Christopher M. Ward
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Publication number: 20230255743Abstract: An implantable device comprising a main endoprosthesis configured for implantation in a vessel, the main endoprosthesis including at least one side portal, a first side-branch endoprosthesis configured to be deployed within the main endoprosthesis and direct flow through a first side-branch vessel via the at least one side portal, a second side-branch endoprosthesis configured to be deployed within the main endoprosthesis and direct flow through a second branch vessel via the at least one side portal, and wherein when not containing a side-branch endoprosthesis the at least one side portal comprises a side channel without fluid separation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Merrill J. Birdno, Bret J. Kilgrow, Kehinde Adeitunu Majolagbe, Derek M. Ward, Patrick S. Young
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Publication number: 20230252164Abstract: A method for managing vulnerability data may include: (1) ingesting, by a data ingestion engine, vulnerability data from a plurality of sources; (2) normalizing, by a data normalizer module, the vulnerability data into a plurality of data records; (3) generating, by a data processing module, a dynamic risk score for each data record; (4) storing, by a risk record register, a risk record for each data record, wherein the risk record may include the dynamic risk score, a priority level, an identifier for a software application, and a software dependency; (5) selecting, by a control policy selection engine, a control policy based on one of the dynamic risk scores; (6) implementing, by the risk record register, the selected control policy; (7) monitoring, by the risk record register, implementation of the control policy; and (8) updating, by the risk record register, the control policy selection engine based on the monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Samiksha PATEL, Jessica COLVIN, Patrick M. WARD, Marty GRANT, JR., David EVERETT, Jean-Francois LEGAULT
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Patent number: 11704414Abstract: A method for managing vulnerability data may include: (1) ingesting, by a data ingestion engine, vulnerability data from a plurality of sources; (2) normalizing, by a data normalizer module, the vulnerability data into a plurality of data records; (3) generating, by a data processing module, a dynamic risk score for each data record; (4) storing, by a risk record register, a risk record for each data record, wherein the risk record may include the dynamic risk score, a priority level, an identifier for a software application, and a software dependency; (5) selecting, by a control policy selection engine, a control policy based on one of the dynamic risk scores; (6) implementing, by the risk record register, the selected control policy; (7) monitoring, by the risk record register, implementation of the control policy; and (8) updating, by the risk record register, the control policy selection engine based on the monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Samiksha Patel, Jessica Colvin, Patrick M. Ward, Martin J. Grant, Jr., David Everett, Jean-Francois Legault
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Patent number: 11659926Abstract: A cabinet storage system includes a base and a pair of slides. The base includes a first planar surface and a second planar surface. The first and second planar surfaces are opposing surfaces of the base and define a perimeter of the base. The pair of slides are coupled with the first planar surface. The system also includes fences positioned away from the second planar surface around the perimeter of the base, and structural columns mechanically coupled with the base. The structural columns are positioned to abut the second planar surface and longitudinally extending away from the second planar surface to rigidly maintain the fences around the perimeter of the base.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLCInventors: Leeman Elliot Stevens, Paul Franklin Chambers, Kevin M. Ward, David P. Noe, Steve M. Jones, Jr.